Mirrors and birth are to be avoided, for they increase the number of men., by Desert Center Affiliates

Mirrors and birth are to be avoided, for they increase the number of men.

by Desert Center Affiliates

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1.	Desert Center - Rattletrap (live) 22:24	info	buy track
2.	move - Remurmuration 06:26	info	buy track
3.	The Grievants - Song About Yukio Mishima 04:03	info	buy track
4.	C.J. Boyd & Helena Espvall - Under Ice 06:53	info	buy track
5.	LIMB - The Candidate 06:01	info	buy track
6.	hollowbodies - clarl 03:36	info	buy track
7.	Big Swamp Thunder - Anonymous 02:50	info	buy track
8.	Rhonya - LAMECHANCERELIEF 07:28	info	buy track
9.	Torus - Undefined Wolf Lust 16:55	info	buy track
10.	Cairo - Shitzkrieg 14:24	info	buy track

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Compilation of Desert Center affiliates includes one song by DC, and one song by their former band Cairo, as well as three tracks from other bands in which drummist/bassist John Horner plays and three tracks from other projects of bassist/drummist C.J. Boyd. Plus one heavy as fuck track each from OMO labelmates LIMB and Hollowbodies respectively. That's 90 minutes of music compiled by C.J. Boyd and available only at shows and through this site.

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released June 24, 2014

1. Rattletrap - Desert Center (John Horner/C.J. Boyd)

2. Remurmuration - Move (C.J.'s group with Jim Edwards, aka hollowbodies)

3. Song About Yukio Mishima - The Grievants (John's old punk band)

4. Under Ice - C.J. Boyd & Helena Espvall (collaborative cover of Kate Bush song for a reproductive rights benefit)

5. The Cadidate - Limb (OMO labelmate that kills)

6. clarl - hollowbodies (OMO labelmate that kills, and happens to be in Move along with C.J.)

7. Anonymous - Big Swamp Thunder (John's other group with Ben Court, who was also in The Grievants)

8. LAMECHANCERELIEF - Rhonya (C.J.'s other project based in Belgium)

9. Undefined Wolf Lust - Torus (John's former group in Rochester, NY, which also features Ariel Cruz, who also drummed in Cairo)

10. Shitzkrieg - Cairo (The first band C.J. and John started together in Rochester, NY with drummer Ariel Cruz)

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Desert Center Los Angeles, California

Formed in Rochester NY under the name Cairo, we toured around for a few years before calling it quits.
John now lives in LA and is making other music. C.J. is on permanent tour and making other music.
Raw and driving bass and drums, beards and fits, desert and oceans. ... more

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